octodns/octodns
Octodns
OctoDNS is a DNS infrastructure as code tool and record synchronization system. It functions as a multi-provider DNS manager and multi-cloud orchestrator, allowing users to define DNS configurations in files and distribute them across various service providers to ensure consistency.
The project enables the coordination of complex DNS setups across different clouds to maintain global routing and high availability. By acting as a management layer, it allows DNS records to be managed from a single configuration source rather than through multiple vendor consoles.
The system utilizes a declarative approach to map high-level configurations to provider-specific records. It employs a stateless execution model and a provider-based adapter pattern to reconcile the current state of a provider against a target configuration, applying only the necessary changes.
Features
- Multi-Provider Synchronization - Distributes DNS record configurations across multiple service providers from a single source to maintain consistency.
- DNS Configuration Synchronization Tools - Distributes DNS configurations to various providers to ensure consistency across different platforms.
- General DNS Record Synchronization - Keeps DNS settings consistent across multiple providers by syncing a single source of truth to all active endpoints.
- DNS State Reconciliation - Compares the current provider state against a target configuration and applies only the necessary changes.
- DNS Infrastructure as Code - Defines DNS records in configuration files to manage deployments via version control and automated review processes.
- Declarative Record Management - Implements declarative DNS record management by specifying the desired state via configuration resources.
- Cloud Provider Adapters - Uses cloud provider adapters to translate generic requests into specific API calls for various DNS vendors.
- DNS Provider Interfaces - Provides standardized interfaces to abstract and interact with diverse DNS vendor APIs from a single interface.
- Multi-Provider Synchronizers - Synchronizes DNS records across multiple service providers from a single configuration source to ensure redundancy.
- Multi-Cloud DNS Orchestration - Coordinates complex DNS setups across various clouds and providers to ensure high availability and consistent global routing.
- Stateless Architectures - Employs a stateless architectural model to synchronize DNS records without maintaining a local database.
- Multi-Cloud DNS Management - Acts as a management layer for deploying and coordinating DNS records across a variety of cloud-based DNS services.
- DNS Configuration Files - Uses YAML files as the authoritative source of truth to define the desired state of DNS records.
- DNS Management - Manage DNS configurations across providers as code.
